On Sun, Oct 07, 2007 at 02:04:10AM -0700, Angus Leeming wrote: > Andre Poenitz wrote: > >On Sat, Oct 06, 2007 at 10:13:58PM -0700, Angus Leeming wrote: > >>Abdelrazak Younes wrote: > >>>I think that what we call "controllers" are really just abstraction > >>>layers created for the benefit of code sharing between multiple > >>>frontends. > >>That's exactly what they are. > > > >But that mean they had the wrong name all the time? > > > >I.e. frontends/qt4/ui was actually the "View", frontends/qt4 the > >"Controller", src/ the "Model", and frontends/controller the > >"GUII layer"? > > So, the only reason you've been Angus-bashing all this time is because > the names didn't match what you had in your head?
I am not exactly Angus bashing. I have been GUII bashing for a while, though. And that was actually "GUII and its merits nowadays", not "GUII at the time it was created". So there is no real reason you should feel auf-den-Schlips-getreten. > Come on, André. I thought you were better than that! I hadn't any names in mind before I read up a bit more on MVC very recently. Until then my understanding of MVC was pretty much influenced by LyX architecture. > Yes, that last sentence was a wind up. While I'm revealing all: No, I > don't really think your dislike of my dialog code was Angus-bashing, > even if sometimes it felt like that :-P No that you mention it. > I'm actually very pleased that you've taken it upon yourself to inject > some fresh thinking into this area of the code. It's great to see all > the creativity that this list is displaying right now. Having said all > that, however, I'm also a little worried that (the collective you)'re > spreading your resources a little thinly. I'm on Georg's side when he > says he'd like to see old battles finished before new ones are started. I am actually finishing old battles here. Andre'
